WHO WE ARE
&
WHAT WE BELIEVE
About Shelby County Christian Assembly
Shelby County Christian Assembly is part of the Restoration Movement, more specifically, all of the churches that make up the corporation are generally recognized as Independent Christian Churches.
Our first summer of camp began on June 20, 1965.
Who We Are
““[We] conduct camps, conferences, rallies and other Christian activities, to the end that persons not yet Christian may be won to Christ and His church as it is set forth in the New Testament; and that Christian people of all ages may be built up in the Christian faith and life.””
We exist as a collective of twenty-two different congregations, all pooling their resources to see theKingdom of God advanced in Northeast Missouri.
Here are the churches involved:
Atlanta Christian Church
Bethel Christian Church
Braymer Christian Church
Bucklin Christian Church
Callao Christian Church
Countryside Christian Church in Kirksville
Crossroads Christian Church in Macon
Ethel Christian Church
First Christian Church of Clarence
First Christian Church of Shelbina
First Christian Church of Vandalia
Kentucky Road Christian Church in Mexico
Laddonia Christian Church
La Grange Christian Church
La Plata Christian Church
Leonard Christian Church
Novelty Christian Church
Parkview Christian Church
Shelbyville Christian Church
Southside Christian Church in Mexico
We have four business meetings, where all of our member churches are asked to attend and provide feedback. They are held the second Mondays of September, November, February and April at 7:00 PM in the Retreat Center basement.
What We Believe
We believe in the one and only true God, whose essence is comprised of three unique personalities: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. He created the universe and everything in it, including mankind, and He desires to have a relationship with each person on earth.
We believe that anyone and everyone can have a relationship with God through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Everyone who commits their life to being a follower of Jesus, in the way that the Bible teaches, can be saved and live eternally in heaven with God.
We believe that God became a man, and His name was Jesus. Jesus was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on a cross, and was raised from the dead after being entombed for three days. After His resurrection, hundreds of people witnessed that He was alive!
We believe that the Bible is God’s authoritative word, and has been given to us as our source for truth and instruction in this life. We seek to not only believe in what the Bible says, but also apply its principles and concepts to our everyday lives.
We believe that God desires that we commit our lives to Him by believing in Jesus, confessing that He is Lord of our lives, repenting of our sins, and being immersed in water in His name for the forgiveness of sins. When we are baptized into Christ, we are given the gift of the Holy Spirit as a deposit on our future with Him!
We believe that Jesus will return to Earth one day to redeem all of God’s creation. We are to live our lives in such a way that when He returns, we will be unashamed of the lives we have lived. We live with the hope and assurance that our citizenship is in heaven with Him, where we will spend eternity!